Experience

Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging

• Canada
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Training and Capacity Building Program Coordinator

  • Jun 2015 - Present



International Journal of Qualitative Methods

• Edmonton, Canada Area

• Editor/Copyeditor

  • Sep 2014 - Nov 2014



Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael's Hospital

• Toronto, Canada

• Research Coordinator

  • Sep 2013 - Sep 2014



Freelance Editor/Copy Editor

• Waterloo, ON

• Copy Editor

  • Apr 2012 - Mar 2013

  Most recent client: International Journal of Qualitative Methods (IJQM), University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB. *Copy edited grammar, punctuation, spelling, and style of journal submissions from domestic and international authors *Performed detailed checks of cited material/excerpts for accuracy and errors *For a sample of my work with IJQM, please follow the link to the IJQM website (2012, Vol. 11, No. 2): http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/IJQM/issue/view/1294 Most recent client: International Journal of Qualitative Methods (IJQM), University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB. *Copy edited grammar, punctuation, spelling, and style of journal submissions from domestic and international authors *Performed detailed checks of cited material/excerpts for accuracy and errors *For a sample of my work with IJQM, please follow the link to the IJQM website (2012, Vol. 11, No. 2): http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/IJQM/issue/view/1294



International Tobacco Control (ITC) Project, University of Waterloo

• Waterloo, ON

• Project Manager

  • Mar 2011 - May 2012

  About the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Project, please visit: http://www.itcproject.org As a Project Manager my role was to plan, implement, and manage surveys measuring the effectiveness and impact of tobacco control policies in Canada, United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Brazil, and Uruguay. Moreover, as the administrative and communications hub for the above country surveys, I tracked and reported on study progress to a large and diverse research team. *Coordinated the development, successful launch, and completion of a survey contributing to the understanding of important tobacco control policy measures in Australia *Developed and executed project timelines using exceptional management skills to influence and motivate others in a positive and focused manner *Built and maintained relationships with a large and diverse group of domestic and international investigators, research partners, administrative and support staff, and students *Coordinated and facilitated communications among project partners ensuring the continued growth and development of surveys and special projects *Liaised closely with the Office of Research Ethics to prepare ethics review applications and modifications *Monitored tobacco control policies in survey countries and updated policy documents, website content, and databases *Prepared high quality materials for dissemination including National Reports,Technical Reports, Fact Sheets, and presentations Show less



University of Alberta

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Coordinator

  • May 2008 - Feb 2011

  In my role as Research Coordinator for a highly productive investigator I provided day-to-day administrative and research support and made substantive contributions to papers as a co-author and editor. *Coordinated focus groups for a needs assessment of patients receiving cardiac care in a hospital setting *Managed all stages of qualitative systematic reviews (screening, appraisal, synthesis), and collaborated in the write-up of findings, resulting in successful publications *Tracked and reconciled all grant accounts and prepared monthly financial reports *Working closely with the Principal Investigator, I contributed to the planning and development of budgets for grant applications *Co-authored and edited papers for high impact peer-reviewed journals resulting in successful publications *Contributed to the recruitment, training, and supervision of research staff *Created paper presentations and posters for conferences to contribute to theory and practice in fields including nursing, anthropology, and public health Show less



Master of Arts (Anthropology)

• Edmonton, Canada Area

• Graduate Research Experience (University of Alberta)

  • May 2006 - Aug 2006

  For my Master of Arts I conducted four months of intensive fieldwork in Bhutan documenting the health care system. Data collection involved participant observation and interviews. The purpose of my thesis was to present an ethnography exploring medical pluralism in Bhutan, a topic previously unexplored in the anthropological literature. I took a highly contextual approach to the study of health care in contemporary Bhutan and examined medical pluralism within a larger socio-cultural and political framework, including Tibetan Buddhism, rapid cultural change, a new and emerging class system, and a development policy referred to as Gross National Happiness (GNH). Show less